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Ward County, ND

68,332 Population
2,013 square miles 33.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in North Dakota: 36.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,321 ±$3,904 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in North Dakota: $42,814 ±$1,011
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$72,370 ±$10,399 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in North Dakota: $76,525 ±$1,844
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

4.1% ±1.3% (2,708  ±877) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Dakota: 9.8% 73,841 (±0.7% / ±5,342)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

18.8 minutes ±1.6 (625,160  ±66,999) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in North Dakota: 18.5 7,039,145 (±0.6 / ±245,875)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

28,565 ±1,442 Number of households
  • North Dakota: 338,059 ±3,608
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (66,372  ±93) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in North Dakota: 2.2 755,095
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

2.8% ±2.1% (427  ±318) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in North Dakota: 6% † 10,805 (±0.9% / ±1,579)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

32,638 ±56 Number of housing units
  • North Dakota: 378,124 ±1,167
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$251,800 ±$27,643 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in North Dakota: $246,700 ±$6,045
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16.5% ±4.1% (11,220  ±2,796.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in North Dakota: 16.1% 124,348 (±1.1% / ±8,264.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95.1% ±3.6% (42,245  ±1,605.1) High school grad or higher * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in North Dakota: 93.8% 477,731 (±0.9% / ±4,816.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
29.7% ±2.1% (13,180  ±920.4) Bachelor's degree or higher * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Dakota: 32.3% 164,378 (±0.6% / ±2,956.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.1% (2,081  ±845) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Dakota: 4% 31,096
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

11.9% ±2.3% (5,521  ±1,072) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Dakota: 7.3% 43,053 (±0.5% / ±3,126)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
5,521 Total veterans ±1,072 4,539 Male ±1,099 982 Female ±588

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